netdev - RE: ethtool-copy.h out of sync with linux header file?

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Date:   Mon, 4 Dec 2017 21:00:35 +0000
From:   "Greenwalt, Paul" <paul.greenwalt@...el.com>
To:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>,
        "linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>
CC:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: ethtool-copy.h out of sync with linux header file?

John,

Can this patch be reverted? As Stephen Hemminger mentioned
there is an ABI compatibility issue with this patch:

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/806049/#1757846

Thanks,
Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Branden [mailto:scott.branden@...adcom.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 4, 2017 12:07 PM
> To: linville@...driver.com; Greenwalt, Paul <paul.greenwalt@...el.com>
> Cc: netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
> Subject: ethtool-copy.h out of sync with linux header file?
> 
> Hi Paul/John,
> 
> I see a commit "ethtool: Add DMA Coalescing support" was added to
> ethtool-copy.h yet I cannot find the change in the ethtool.h in the
> linux kernel.
> 
> As such, I am unable to commit a change to ethtool-copy.h to sync it
> with net-next.  If I sync then ethtool will fail to compile.
> 
> Please advise.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   Scott
> 
>